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Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craft
Read more →: Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craftA new navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz rocket Sunday and reached an orbital perch 12,000 miles…
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China’s homegrown GPS ready to be used for smartphones
Read more →: China’s homegrown GPS ready to be used for smartphonesA Chinese company has rolled out a chip that can help smartphones get easy access to the country’s…
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Service module of China’s returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 point
Read more →: Service module of China’s returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 pointThe service module belonging to China’s unmanned lunar orbiter has reached the Earth-Moon second Lagrange Point (L2), the…
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Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flyby
Read more →: Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flybyArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Credit: NASA On the final stretch of a speedy…
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Launch of Japanese asteroid probe delayed
Read more →: Launch of Japanese asteroid probe delayedJapanese technicians attach the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft on top of its H-2A launcher. Credit: JAXA Poor weather at…
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Proton liftoff delayed by upper stage problem
Read more →: Proton liftoff delayed by upper stage problemThe Proton rocket with Astra 2G rolled to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier this week.…
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Thanksgiving in space
Read more →: Thanksgiving in spaceSix people living on the International Space Station shared an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving dinner in orbit. The half-dozen crew…
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Previous flights of the Delta 4-Heavy
Read more →: Previous flights of the Delta 4-HeavyAs a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepares to carry NASA’s Orion spaceship on its first orbital…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy ready for Orion flight test
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4-Heavy ready for Orion flight testLaunch will occur from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad. Credit: ULA The Orion spacecraft stands 73 feet…
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SpaceX hopes to recover rocket intact after next launch
Read more →: SpaceX hopes to recover rocket intact after next launchSpaceX’s reusable rocket testbed — the Falcon 9R — touches down at the company’s Central Texas development facility…
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China launches Kuaizhou II satellite
Read more →: China launches Kuaizhou II satelliteThe Kuaizhou II satellite was successfully launched into orbit at 2:37 p.m. last Friday, China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
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Three-person crew docks with space station
Read more →: Three-person crew docks with space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after docking Five hours and 48 minutes after…